Absolutely fascinating responses from authors

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In 1963, a sixteen-year-old San Diego high school student named Bruce McAllister sent a four-question mimeographed survey to 150 well-known authors of literary, commercial, and science fiction. Did they consciously plant symbols in their work? he asked. Who noticed symbols appearing from their subconscious, and who saw them arrive in their text, unbidden, created in the minds of their readers? When this happened, did the authors mind?

Fascinating find! Some of the authors were full of themselves, e.g. Ayn Rand, Normailer, some tried to answer then became snippy Jack Kerouac. I liked Ray Bradbury's response the best - complete and advicerial.